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Complete, time-tested home remedy advice for child health care, from infancy through age 12. This indispensable medical reference contains treatments for hundreds of childhood accidents and common ailments, such as colic, ear infections, and bee stings, plus helpful advice on dealing with developmental problems like thumb-sucking and TV addiction.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

The essential home medical reference guide for children from infancy through age twelve, The Doctors Book of Home Remedies for Children is a book no parent will want to be without.

Safe and easy home remedies for the bumps, bruises, aches, pains, scratches, and sniffles that come with childhood.

The editors of Prevention Magazine Health Books asked more than 250 doctors, nurses, and health-care professionals for healing tips and techniques that parents could use at home. The result is this practical, easy-to-use medical reference for hundreds of childhood ailments. Inside you'll learn what medical experts do to stop bee stings from hurting, keep poison ivy from itching - and even stop siblings from fighting. "Medical Alerts" tell parents when to call a doctor, a "Prevention" section provides pointers for keeping kids accident-free, and under "First Aid" you'll find essential emergency procedures. Now every parent can get doctor-recommended remedies for: